AV-TEST compares Cylance against five signature-based antivirus
software suites; Results show Cylance with more than 97 percent efficacy
against unknown threats versus a 42 percent average by legacy AV vendors

February 13, 2017 10:00 AM Eastern Time

IRVINE, Calif.--(EON: Enhanced Online News)--Cylance® Inc., the company replacing antivirus with AI-powered
prevention blocking everyday malware along with the most advanced cyber
threats available, announced today the results of an AV-TEST study that
measured the advanced threat-prevention capabilities of leading
enterprise endpoint protection software. The testing methodology was
developed to provide additive testing to the commodity antivirus
protection tests currently produced by AV-TEST.

“This is one of the first times that a major security testing house has
employed testing criteria that mimic the real world where truly unknown
threats attack endpoints in both a connected and disconnected
environment”

During the study, Cylance’s artificial intelligence-based product
CylancePROTECT® was tested against five legacy, signature-based endpoint
security products from Kaspersky, McAfee, Sophos, Symantec and Trend
Micro. The primary goal of the study was to measure the detection and
prevention capabilities of traditional antivirus software against the
next-generation approach of Cylance. The study measures each product’s
individual performance against new and unknown malicious executables in
both connected and disconnected environments.

“This is the first time we tested the ‘marketing claims’ of a next-gen
vendor and results showed that the claims are indeed backed up by the
technology,” said Maik Morgenstern, CTO and CEO of AV-TEST.

There were several real-life scenarios against which AV-TEST evaluated
CylancePROTECT: systems that had delayed updates, false positives,
simulated attacks and malware that had been distributed by websites.
AV-TEST proved Cylance’s approach sets it apart from all industry
competition when it comes to effectiveness in preventing malware from
executing. In all test cases, CylancePROTECT showed extremely high
prevention rates.

“This is one of the first times that a major security testing house has
employed testing criteria that mimic the real world where truly unknown
threats attack endpoints in both a connected and disconnected
environment,” said Chad Skipper, VP of industry relations and product
testing at Cylance. “We’re hoping that this test will show other testing
organizations that any comparison that allows vendors to know which
threats are being used in advance is not representative of the challenge
that enterprises face every single day in protecting their systems,
their employees and their customers. And though we are thrilled with the
results of AV-TEST’s independent study, it doesn’t change our advice for
every company in the world when thinking about deploying new security
software - test for yourselves.”

CylancePROTECT’s performance in the AV-TEST comparison beat the average
performance of legacy antivirus across every single test. Some of the
findings include:

Highest Efficacy Against All Environments - CylancePROTECT was
more than twice as effective as the average AV software in preventing
threats before execution, stopping more than 97 percent of the malware
samples. The second best product only detected 67 percent with an
average across the five AV products of 42 percent. Cylance fared even
better against competing products in offline environments, where it
was more than three times as effective as the average of the other
products tested.

No Updates = Performance Advantage - Unlike traditional AV
offerings, Cylance requires no back-end updates giving it a real-world
performance advantage. Some companies may not deploy updates
regularly, and users are often using non-updated machines with
outdated signature databases. All three of AV-TEST’s protection test
cases showed that CylancePROTECT has a very reliable approach that
works offline, without the need for regular updates, even before
execution of the malware. It also shows the dependency of the other
products on regular updates, cloud queries or dynamic behavioral
detection.

Best Protection Against Unknown Threats - The tests have shown
that CylancePROTECT is able to detect and prevent unknown attacks,
while the other vendors are still struggling to prevent new malware
from executing.

Cylance is the first company to apply artificial intelligence,
algorithmic science and machine learning to cybersecurity to prevent the
most advanced security threats in the world. Using a breakthrough
predictive analysis process, CylancePROTECT® quickly and accurately
identifies what is benign and what is a threat, and prevents malicious
code from ever executing on a targeted system. By coupling advanced
machine learning and artificial intelligence with a unique understanding
of an attacker’s mentality, Cylance provides technology and services
that are truly predictive and preventive against the most advanced
threats. For more information visit: http://www.cylance.com/.

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